Make 'em wear an asterisk
ALL I can say is: If baseball players like those named yesterday want to put steroids and other performance-enhancing substances into their bodies, it's their stupid business. But when those still active play, they should be made to wear uniforms with big asterisks next to their numbers.
And excuse me, but the Orioles on this list -- I don't even know half of these guys. Did we really have a Ricky Bones? (Senator Mitchell named so many names in this report that he appears to have included a character from Muppet Treasure Island.)
More to the point, all kidding aside. Aren't performance-enhancing drugs supposed to enhance, you know, performance? May it please the court, and even if it doesn't -- consider the Orioles' show in the standings over the last 10 years . . . Case dismissed! (Peter Angelos -- there's your defense. That'll be $5,000 please.)
Comments
Another proud moment in Baltimore sports history. But how can steroids be called "performance enhancing" when those 19 Orioles used them? More like performance detracting. I can't believe that no one in management had any idea about these cheaters.
Posted by: Jim K | December 14, 2007 12:41 AM
Let the facts speak for themselves and lets all respect the players both good and not so good who never used DRUGS.
Posted by: Pasadena George | December 14, 2007 8:39 AM
Zero Tolerance - That's the solution offered by Union Memorial's Dr. Bill Howard. And it makes sense.
"Got talent, young man. Work hard and continue to develop while you're in the bigs and you'll never be able to spend all the money we'll give you. Take performance enhancing substances and you'll be banned from the game in this country."
This would make baseball just like the politics of old when adolescent or adult substance abuse was something to be ashamed of. Remeber the old days? Back then, substance abuse, not drinking, was a career killer. In our upside-down world, a DUI can be the career ended and the unabashed admission of drug abuse results in propulsion to the top in the polls.
Zero tolerance - it has a nice ring to it.
Posted by: Bruce Robinson | December 14, 2007 9:07 AM